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Understandable to many a listener (5)

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I believe the answer is:

clear

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'understandable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'many a listener' is the wordplay.
'many a' becomes 'cl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'listener' becomes 'ear' (body part which hears or listens).
'cl'+'ear'='CLEAR'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for clear that I've seen before include "Open; not cloudy" , "Plainly" , "negotiate" , "Exculpate" , "Fair - innocent" .)

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